| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Kevitz vs Marshall |
  | 0-1 | 25 |
1937 |
Manhattan CC v Marshall CC | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 2. Ragozin vs Bastrikov |
 | 1-0 | 24 |
1938 |
Leningrad (Russia) | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 3. Reshevsky vs Fine |
| ½-½ | 27 |
1939 |
ACF-ch | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 4. Levenfish vs Kan |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1947 |
USSR Championship | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 5. Alatortsev vs Lisitsin |
| 0-1 | 53 |
1948 |
USSR Championship | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 6. Najdorf vs Reshevsky |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1952 |
San Salvador | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 7. Szabo vs H Steiner |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1952 |
Saltsjobaden | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 8. Botvinnik vs Kan |
| ½-½ | 57 |
1953 |
Training Game | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 9. Botvinnik vs Kan |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1953 |
Training Game | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 10. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1953 |
Gagra | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 11. Furman vs O Troianescu |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1954 |
Bucharest | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 12. Antoshin vs M Mukhitdinov |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1955 |
URS-ch sf | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 13. G Ilivitsky vs Bisguier |
 | ½-½ | 31 |
1955 |
Gothenburg Interzonal | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 14. Gligoric vs N Karaklajic |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1955 |
Zagreb | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 15. Pilnik vs Bisguier |
| ½-½ | 16 |
1955 |
Gothenburg Interzonal | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 16. Minev vs N Karaklajic |
| ½-½ | 17 |
1955 |
Zagreb | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 17. B Wexler vs Gligoric |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1955 |
Mar del Plata | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 18. Gligoric vs N Karaklajic |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1955 |
YUG-ch | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 19. Taimanov vs E Weichselbaumer |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1956 |
Moscow | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 20. Geller vs N Karaklajic |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1956 |
Belgrade | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 21. Najdorf vs N Padevsky |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1956 |
Moscow | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 22. Ivkov vs Benko |
 | 0-1 | 31 |
1956 |
Moscow | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 23. Wade vs Ivkov |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1956 |
Moscow | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 24. Bronstein vs J Jezek |
 | 1-0 | 19 |
1956 |
Olympiad | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 25. Gligoric vs Unzicker |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1956 |
Alekhine Memorial | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |